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From: froelich@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Bill froelich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Fconsole server Utilization
Keywords: fconsole
Message-ID: <1991Apr8.191248.26526@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 8 Apr 91 19:12:48 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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He at the Univ. of Illinois in one of our student labs, I noticed an 
interesting statistic in fconsole the other day and was wondering if anyone
could clue me in to it's meaning.

Setup:
Netware 2.15c on a gateway 2000 server
Approximately 95 active users - split Mac and PC.
All but 20 macs are on ethernet and the others are on localtalk.	
All the PC's are on ethernet to the server.	
Server is running Mac Vaps 1.1

Question:
I was looking at the fconsole statistics summary page and there is the 
current utilization field.  This number was consistently around 170-180%
It would drop to around 30-40% for a few seconds and then right back up to
where it was.  It stays around 175% when the lab is open, (most of the day)
It has been as high as 190%.
What does this number tell me?  Do I need another server to handle the load?

The reason I looked was that the macs would "freeze" up every now and then.
The watch would come on and nothing would happen for a few minutes, then
everything would be fine again for a while.  It would then freeze again.
I thought maybe someone was accessing the server for a huge file but the
utilization is still 170-180% even now with everything apparently working 
fine. Any suggestions?

I apologize if this has been talked about before.

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